This newspaper received the All-New England Journalism Award from the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA) at its 56th annual conference at Boston University on Thursday, April the 29th. In addition, both the paper and W. O. R. D. received “Highest Achievement” awards, plus 14 individual achievement awards.
47 members of the combined DAYTIME/W. O. R. D. staffs, mainly 7th graders and 8th grade editors, attended the event. Staff members attended a total of 3 seminars taught by experts in various fields of journalism.
Staff members assisted the advisors of The Daytime and W.O.R.D. deliver one of the seminars, entitled: “Electronic and print media can co-exist”.
They also heard John Schulz, Dean of B. U.’s College of Communications, deliver the keynote speech, “Journalism today: where we are, where we are headed, and why we need YOU to fix it”.
Individual awards were as follows:
• Advertisement: “W. E. R. D.”, unattributed
• Artwork: “We will crush our enemies”
• Editorial: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”
• Feature Story: “How to eat fast, not fat”
• News photo: “Jack O’Connor”
• News story: “Possible shakeup of social studies curriculum may affect Day”
• News story: “MCAS: No one really likes is, but all are resigned to it”
• News story: “Cops ‘n Kids: Cut”
• Review writing: “BSO musicians visit Day”
• Sports story: “Calabro and Demarest tie for 2004 Faculty Foulups”
• Typographical design: “Page 1, December 10”
• Documentary: “The Newton Sewers”
• Newscast series: “3/23/04”
• PSA: “Don’t be deceived”
